Tom H posted a ride for today: 40 miles from Mercer Park East Picnic Area. With the weirdness of Christmas and the family stuff going on, I was glad to have the opportunity, especially since the weather promised to be somewhat more forgiving than it had been of late.
I got there early, but Jack A's van was already parked; he was getting a few extra miles in. Chris C, Bob N, Ricky G, Andrew A, Laura OLPH, and a younger guy, Sean (Shawn?) came out. (I was impressed with Shawn; he while he was wearing long sleeves and tights, he had no-show socks on, and generally didn't appear dressed in such a way as to suggest the cold was any bother to him. And he rides with toe-clip pedals. Much respect.)
Lotta red on those jerseys, eh?
For a Tom H ride, it was pretty tame: no bridges out, no closed roads, no wrong-way-on-a-one-way. We did go along a pedestrian shortcut or two.
We headed down to Bordentown and stopped at a convenience sore in town (is there anyplace else to stop in Bordentown?).
And back. It wasn't an epic ride; there was not much particularly memorable about it. We chatted as we rode, and made a few bad jokes. But it was a good thing to do on a warmish winter day, when there is too much drama in other parts of my life. And it was good to hang out with people I like.
And that's enough.
Do you care where we went?
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